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Recent Projects

Fanfare! Lutheran Music Academy

The Fanfare! Lutheran Music Academy is located at First Ev. Lutheran Church of Galveston and is a 501c non-profit school that teaches music, art, and drama to Galveston area schools. Please consider donating using safe and secure PayPal on their website: http://fanfarelma.com/donate/ Also, the art teachers are running short on several supplies, so we would […]

Galveston County Adoption Day Foundation

The Galveston County Adoption Day Foundation sponsored the twelfth annual Galveston County Adoption Day event on November 21, 2015, at the Galveston County Justice Center in Galveston, Texas. National Adoption Day, (www.nationaladoptionday.org),  began nationally in California in 2000, and locally in Galveston County in 2004, (with the Foundation receiving 501(c)(3) status in 2007). Its purpose […]

Island Oktoberfest 2015

The Alex Meixner band highlighted the 34th Annual Island Oktoberfest! See my short video clip here:

Professional Photo/Video Service

Selling your boat? Show it off in the best light possible! Contact me if you need a professional high quality photo and video service to help it get the eye-catching publicity it needs.

Journey To Freedom Musical

Written and Directed by Izola Collins, this musical represents the 2015 Book of the Year “Freeman” by Leonard Pitts, Jr. and uses Spirituals (religious songs of the slaves) sung by the Galveston Heritage Chorale and special guest soloists. Pantomime actors with background narration help tell the story of some of America’s earliest songs. 1 hour […]

Johnny Nicholas: The Gulf Coast Is My Spiritual Home

Johnny Nicholas, legendary musician, was a lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with the nine-time Grammy Award winning band Asleep At The Wheel.  He has performed with the likes of Howlin Wolf, BB King, Muddy Waters, Bonnie Rait, Eric Clapton, Pops and Mavis Staples, Delbert McClinton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Jimmie Vaughan and regularly plays the […]

Miss Kemah Pageant 2015

I just completed editing and publishing the 2015 Miss Kemah Pageant Program book. For more information, please visit MissKemahPageant.com

Teach BIG!

Teach BIG! is a five acres RETREAT for TEACHERS located in Kemah, Texas. They have 11,000 square feet which houses their two state-of-the-art conference centers, a diner, a soda shop, a Teach BIG! Corner Store, a conference room for team planning, and a make-n-take print shop!

Cattle Call

Less than a mile from East Galveston Bay, a JHK Ranch foreman checks in with the ranch headquarters on his cell phone while his cattle nervously watch a cold front pushing through. Started in the mid-1800s by patriarch James Jackson, the JHK Ranch near Anahuac was one of the original cattle-ranching operations in Chambers County.

Crabby Morning

An East Galveston Bay commercial crabber heads out to check his traps. Blue crabs are a crucial part of the food web that ties together Texas’ inshore marine ecosystems, playing role of both predator and prey. Commercial crabbing is strictly regulated through licensing and mandatory reporting.

Pelican Landing

Brown pelican finds his spot at popular gathering under Kemah bridge. Now outlawed, the chemical pesticide DDT caused the birds’ eggshells to thin and thus very few hatched and the bird population plummeted to only 50 birds in Texas. Pelicans were declared endangered in 1970, and DDT was outlawed in 1972. In 2009, the U.S. […]

Poetic Plunge

Galveston surfers are fond of saying, “If you can surf in Galveston, you can surf anywhere!” because of the bad reputation for inconsistent surf. Although not a surfing mecca, Galveston Beach does have it moments and hard core surfers are rewarded for their patience.

Galveston’s Grand Kids Festival

Fanfare! Lutheran Music Academy at Galveston’s Grand Kids Festival Fanfare! Lutheran Music Academy provides high-quality, low-cost music and art classes to Galveston area youth, and provide a loving, God-honoring environment that nurtures children in their development. For more information, please visit FanfareLMA.com.

Island Oktoberfest 2014 Video

For over 30 years, the First Lutheran Church of Galveston Island has hosted the Island Oktoberfest. The 33rd Annual Island Oktoberfest in 2014 had record crowds! Be sure and attend the next one on October 23-24, 2015! This premiere annual event, sponsored by Del Papa Distributing Company, has continuous music, food, crafts, and activities! Island […]

Bayside Little League Walk Off Homer in Playoffs

This walk-off home run sealed the victory for Seabrook’s Bayside All Stars as they advanced to their first Championship Game in an exciting game over Brenham on Sunday, July 20, 2014 in Tyler, Texas.

Bayside All Stars Video

Seabrook’s Bayside All Stars advanced to their first Championship Game in an exciting game over Brenham on Sunday, July 20, 2014 in Tyler, Texas.